The poll comes as Newsom has taken a more aggressive position in standing up to President Donald Trump.

The poll indicates support for the more aggressive position Newsom has taken in standing up to Donald Trump, particularly over a plan by Republicans in Texas to redraw their state’s congressional seat map in the hopes of winning more seats in midterm elections next year.

The battle to become the 2028 presidential election candidate will likely set the new direction for the Democratic Party as it struggles with net favorability at what one recent poll showed to be a three-year low. Newsom has not formally announced his candidacy.

  • piefood@feddit.onlineEnglish
    92·
    1 day ago

    No, we need someone who can actually get shit done. Not someone who is only good at performative shows.

      • piefood@feddit.onlineEnglish
        85·
        1 day ago

        Well that sure would be easier if Democrats kept their fingers off the scale when popular candidates show up.

          • Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip
            21·
            18 hours ago

            You heard wrong. Most of the country doesn’t even get an active primary to vote in. The first couple states, which never change, usually determine everything.

          • piefood@feddit.onlineEnglish
            83·
            1 day ago

            Last I heard “…the DNC charter’s promise of ‘impartiality and evenhandedness’ as a mere political promise—political rhetoric that is not enforceable in federal courts…”